A ​judge on Wednesday dismissed a murder charge against a Manteca pastor as prosecutors revealed they are seeking an indictment from a grand jury, according to news accounts out of Las Vegas.

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A ​judge on Wednesday dismissed a murder charge against a Manteca pastor as prosecutors revealed they are seeking an indictment from a grand jury, according to news accounts out of Las Vegas.

​Robert Lynn Cox, a youth pastor at Place of Refuge Church, was facing homicide charges a year after an altercation in a Las Vegas parking lot.

​Cox was leading a church trip last June when he and the group were confronted by Link Ellingson, 55, according to their accounts to Las Vegas police. Cox and Ellingson fell to the ground, and Ellingson hit his head. He died in December.